Re: [PLUG] OSS desktop (windows) anti-virus?

[Tobias DiPasquale <toby@cbcg.net>]

On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 13:49, W. Chris Shank wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is any good OSS windows anti-virus software taht
> is pretty good? Or, better yet - does anyone know how to get around norton
> live-update subscription service so that virus definitions are
> atuomatically updated without this subscription service? A 1 year
> subscription comes with the software, after that you have to pay again and
> again.

There are no viable OSS AV packages for Windows, and you're not likely
to see one any time soon. This is a subindustry that found out long ago
that the subscription model was the way to make the money. Even F-Prot
is on a subscription model these days. Your best bet is to just pay the
fee to Norton... at least its only once a year.

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